Adjustable papee cle



y 28, 1942- M. FONTECILLA ADJUSTABLE PAPER CLIP Filed Augl 25, 1941 INVENTOR. A/Manuel fbniee/j/l 20/ justable paper clip which will not spread open of one, or both arms, are roughenedas shown at. when the batch of paper has increased in thickit to prevent the sheets slipping'from between characters of reference designate similar parts formation ,endxelevationv et e ndiof in the .various views, the adjustable clip'com- 1on9. 911111745 directed outwardly h at a bridging or connecting member.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE I enmsra niu i rnnom I I V Manuel Fontecilla, Dayton, Ohio Application August 25, 1941, Serial No.4oa241 6 Claims. (01. 24-259) This invention relates to an adjustable paper same material as the bandbut somewhat stiffer, ciip and has for an object to provide a device of are mounted upon the band. The purpose of the thischaracter which will eiiiciently hold firmly two slides is to spread apart the spring arms- H together, large and difierent quantities of sheets to adjust the clip to the quantity of sheets. of paper. 5 The slides are of angular formation in end Conventional paper clips are adapted to hold elevation, preferably right angular, and are protogether large quantities of sheets of paper. vided with loops I l on the legs through which -However, so far as I know none of the. paper the spring arms ii and the arm connecting memclips are adjustable so as to be eifective in holdher i? of the band, pass. .The springarms tend ing firmly together difierent and increasing quanw to constantly move inthe direction of each other. tities of paper as a particular subject file in- The free end of one armis directed outwardlyas creasesin thickness. Toovercome this disadshown at l5 to permit insertion of sheetsbevantage the present invention provides an adtween the arms. The inner faces of the free end ness progressively, the paper clip of the present the arms.

invention retaining its pressure throughout the It 'will be apparent that when one oi the anlife of the clip so that the papers cannot become gular adjusting devices or slides is moved lengthloose and become dislodged from the clip. wise of the band thelatter will be flexed-to sub- A further object is to provide a device of this stantially straighten the previously curved concharacter which will be formed of a few simple, nection between thearm and the ,connecting strong and durable parts, which will be inexmember and to form the-curved connectionin pensive tomanufacture, and which will not easily another portion ofthe band, thus increasing or get out of order. 1 decreasing the distance between the two arms, ac- I I With the above and other objects in view the .25 cording to the direction .in which the slide is inventionconsists of certain novel details of con'-'- moved. j a t v struction and combinations 01' parts hereinafter In operation one or both of the slides may be fully described and claimed, it beingunderstood adjusted to increase or decrease. the size of the that various modifications may be resorted to openingbetween the springarms ll wherebyrto within the scope of theappended claims without 30 adapt the clip to be usedtosecure large or small departing from the spirit or sacrificing any oi. quantities of paper firmly. together. When one the advantages of the invention.

. I of the slides is adjusted to vary the-size of the f In the accompanying drawing forming part of clip, one 01' the clamping arms I I 3 is shortened this specification: v or lengthened and the connecting member I2 is Figure 1 is a perspective view of an adjustable 5 correspondinslylensthened or shortened. 'When, paper clip constructedin accordance'withthe both slides are adjusted both spring arms, are invention. i I lengthened 'or shortened and the connecting Figure 2 is a side elevation of the adjustable niemberisshortened or lengthened. I clip inxapplied position to clip together a'quans Smaller Size clips may be pr videdjwithbut tity of sheetsofpaper. g I. 4 one slide, see Figure 4 and in this iormgof. the. Figure 3 is a side elevation of the paper clip in invention the spring armsyl'l and theintegral applied position to clip, together a greaterquanarm 18 are formed of a resilient bandpreform'ed f .tity of sheets of paper than the quantity shown so that the bandfolds over. and the two ends a inFigureZ. 1 have tension to cometogether. One arm," and Figure 4 is perspective i of .modjfled 5 the connecting member l8- pass through respecform of t i t n, tive loops of a slide ,20 formed preferably .of the Referring now to the drawing in which like same'material as the band, and f is ta s prises a band lllformed of resilient metal or .50 and he inner face of,.the free end of one, or other materiahpreformed so that the. band folds both arms are us .a sh n-a 22, I

over andsits two ends have tension to cometo- Infill forms f e' nven n a portion ofeach getlier. The .bandlncludes spring arms II and sp n arm will 11 ta t with the paper, and

not merely the extremity of 'each arm, therefore Apair oislides l3, preferably formed of the 55,- vthe pressureof the arms on the paper will exient b:.nd preformed tend over a section the sections of contact tity of paper being held.

From the above description it is the construction will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable paper to provide spaced clamp arms adapted to clamp sheets together and an integral arm connecting member between the clamp arms, and a pair of spaced Slides of substantially right angular formation in end elevation having means slidably engaging the arms and the arm connecting member, the clamp arms to move in the direction or each other, one or both of the slides being slidable to adjusted positions relatively to each other whereby to-increase or decrease the size of the paper clip to secure large or small quantities of paper sheets firmly together, adjustment of one slide causing one of the spring arms to be shortoreacharm.thelengthor thought that ened or lengthened and the arm connecting member to be correspondingly lengthened or shortened, adjustment of both slides causing both spring arms to be lengthened or shortened and the arm connecting member to be correspondingly shortened or lengthened.

2. The structure as of claim 1 and in which said means comprises loops on the legs of the slides.

3. An adjustable paper clip comprising a resilient band preformed to provide spaced clamp arms adapted to clamp paper sheets together and an integral connecting member between the clamp and operationof the invention depending upon the quanclip comprising a resil assure arms,andaslideofangulariormstioninend elevation provided with means through which one connecting member pass, constantly to move in the member to be correspondingly lengthened or 4. The structure as of claim said means comprises loops onslide.

5. An adjustable paper clip comprising a preformed resilient band includin spaced clamp arms tending constantly to move toward each other and amember connecting the arms, and a slide of angular formation slidably mounted on the connecting member and on one oi. said arms for spreading the arms apart to receive various quantities of'paper between the arms.

6. In an adjustable paper clip, a paper gripping element of'resilient material comprising a transverse connecting member and arms extending from the respective 'ends of said connecting member,.at least one of said arms being integral with and forming a continuation of said connecting member and having its free end portion biased toward'the other arm, and an angular adjusting member having its angularly related parts respectively overlapping and slidably connected with said connecting member and said biased arm.

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